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Friday, November 30, 2018 Volume 91, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 91st Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski Late night appeal upends Blues standings A 1:30 a.m. appeal decision reversed the top two finishers in the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Robert Levin and , who appeared to have fallen short by a single matchpoint when the scores were posted, passed the first-place pair when the appeal was ruled in their favor. and finished second. Finishing third were of Dallas TX and of Kensington CA. The results published on page 5 of today’s Daily Winners of the 0-6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs: Bulletin do not reflect the impact of the appeal on Virgil Massey and Charlene Sands the final standings. Texans win Mini-Blues Virgil Massey and Charlene Sands of Texas won Winners of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs: the 0–6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs on Thursday. Robert Levin and Joe Grue The Austin-area pair finished two boards ahead of Barry Margolin of Arlington MA and Mark Krusemeyer of Northfield MN. Hall of Fame adds 2, nominates 8 continued on page 14 The ACBL Hall of Fame Committee has honors individuals who were top players in their announced the nominations of eight members for time and are now either deceased or inactive, is Florida pair leads the class of 2019. The committee also has made , who died in 2017. Senior Mixed selections for the Blackwood and von Zedtwitz Jay Whipple III and Janice Seamon-Molson awards. Tucker is best known as one of the most put together two consistently high sessions to lead Patty Tucker is the winner of the Blackwood prominent teachers in and as the field headed into the second and final day of Award, which recognizes long and outstanding the creator of Learn Bridge in a Day, which has the Senior Mixed Pairs. Their 65% afternoon and contributions to bridge outside of playing ability. introduced more than 5000 people to bridge in the 57% evening earned them more than a two- The recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award, which past five years. A Grand Life Master, Tucker is a carryover. co-founder of Atlanta Junior Bridge, a coach for the A 67% evening game pulled ACBL Board Georgia Tech collegiate team and a past president members Margot Hennings and Bob Heller up to the of the American Bridge Teachers’ Association. She continued on page 3 originated the Youth NABC in 2008. Tucker won the Baldwin in 2000. She has previously been recognized as Japanese duo leads Honorary Member of the Year in 2016 and Goodwill 10K Fast Pairs Member of the Year in 2011. Hiroaki Miura and Keiko Miwa of Tokyo are Michael Seamon leading the 0–10,000 Fast Pairs after Thursday’s Before his death early last year at 57, Seamon qualifying sessions. They got out in front in the first session with a 67% and then backed it up with a Patty Tucker Michael Seamon continued on page 5 59%. That earned them a four-board carryover going into today’s final sessions. continued on page 3 Barbara Sonsini 1930–2018 operators needed Barbara Condon Sonsini of Woodside CA died 7, 1939, to Col. Ten vugraph operators are needed to cover on Nov. 28 at the age of 79. The cause of death was John Condon and the final of the on Sunday. There are ovarian cancer. Betty Condon of wonderful rewards for vugraph operators: Sonsini attained the rank of Emerald Life Master San Mateo. She • You get a ringside seat to watch the best of the at the Sacramento Regional in June. She has one graduated from best play BAM, where there are all sorts of NABC title – the Machlin Women’s Swiss in 2012, Pomona College in fascinating issues and every trick matters. and second-place finishes in the 2005 Freeman Claremont CA, and • You earn the gratitude of thousands of your Mixed Board-a-Match and the 2013 Machlin received a master’s fellow bridge players around the world for Women’s Swiss. Her team finished in a four-way tie degree in education giving them the opportunity to watch an exciting for fifth place in the in Bali, Indonesia, from Stanford day of bridge. in 2013. University. She also continued on page 3 Dutch professional player Huub Bertens, who studied in Geneva, lives in Bend OR, played with Sonsini for a number Vienna and Mexico. Goodwill Message of years. For many years, she Practice active ethics; enjoyment and equity are “We played a lot of bridge together,” Bertens taught German and French at Cupertino High School the benchmarks of bridge. says. “She studied hard and worked so hard on her in California. Sandy DeMartino, Chair game. She played three to four club games a week Sonsini grew up an avid tennis player, ACBL Goodwill Committee and seven or eight times a week online with players competing in several junior tournaments in her including and Bruce Ferguson. Barbara youth. couldn’t stand losing! We flew to tournaments all She is survived by her husband Larry, daughter ATTENDANCE through Thursday over the world. It was an adventure. I will miss her.” Alison, stepsons Matthew and Peter, and eight Sonsini was born in San Francisco on Nov. grandchildren. 4502.5 tables Page 2 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Sunday, December 2 Noon Memorial Vugraph. (Palace Lounge, Tapa Tower)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in Coral Ballroom 1, Mid-Pacific Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change. Friday, Nov. 30 Saturday, Dec. 1 9:15 am GS Jade Barrett How to Beat Everyone 9:15 am Ken Monzingo Takeout Doubles 6:45 pm Robert Todd Problem Opening Bids

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT Evening hospitality is served at the Coral Lounge (Mid-Pacific Center) and the Palace Lounge (Tapa Tower) except as noted. Friday, Nov. 30 Saturday, Dec. 1 10:30 pm Li hing pineapple skewer 10:30 pm BBQ kalua pork pizza 10:30–11:30 pm Jeff Auhoy Steel Drum Trio. (Coral Lounge, Mid-Pacific Center)

Bridge Bucks Soloway KO slated and check cashing to start in 2019 Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will The Soloway Knockout be available outside the Coral Teams premieres next fall at the Ballroom in the San Francisco NABC. Mid-Pacific Center. Hours of Unlike the Vanderbilt and the operation are 9:30 to 10 a.m. , the Soloway KO opens and noon to 1 p.m. with a two-day Swiss. The event Players may purchase starts on the first Friday of the Bridge Bucks using all major credit cards. There is a tournament and continues until $500 limit daily on check cashing. the final two teams face off on the second Thursday. Placement in the KO will be determined No cash concessions primarily by a team’s finish in the Swiss round- There will be no cash concessions at this NABC. robin with seeding points being less of a factor. Food and beverage costs would have been quite Match awards in the two-day Swiss qualifying are high for the players. Many outlets, including the platinum. ABC stores, Wiki Wiki Market and Starbucks, offer The event honors four-time world champion and a variety of beverages, sandwiches, salads, etc. at 20-time NABC champ . reasonable prices. No smoking Credit cards accepted Hawaii state law forbids smoking or vaping in for fees public places, including restaurants, hotels, parks Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC and beaches. There is a designated smoking area via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted between the Diamond Head and Ali‘i towers. The wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear as legal age is 21 to smoke or vape in Hawaii. ACBL Tournament Entry. To use this option, the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single card. Please be patient with directors using this Parking validation Players who are using daily parking: Please get system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an your parking validated before game time. Volunteers alternative to cash. handling validation are at the Information Booth – located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge New Life Masters near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific New Life Masters – share the good news! Conference Center – prior to game time. There is no Anyone who advances in rank, please stop by the one staffing the booth after game time. Daily Bulletin office between noon and 7:30 p.m. or after the evening session so that we can report the details. We’re located in Iolani 1 in the Tapa Tower. Daily Bulletin Friday, November 30, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS spade through your Thinking bridge vulnerable ♠K 9. You By Eddie Kantar should know that Counting your tricks. The . West has the A–Q Which ? Defensive discarding. from East’s third- Dlr: South ♠ 7 3 2 hand play of the 10. Vul: None ♥ K J 8 It must be right to ♦ 7 4 start with the ♦A and ♣ A J 6 5 2 ♦K. No luck there ♠ A Q 8 6 4 ♠ 10 5 when West discards ♥ Q 5 4 3 2 ♥ 10 9 7 a heart on the second ♦ 5 ♦ J 10 9 8 6 diamond. You remain ♣ 8 7 ♣ Q 10 9 with a choice of two for your ♠ K J 9 ninth trick. When you have a choice of two queen ♥ A 6 finesses, play the and then the of the ♦ A K Q 3 2 longer suit ( in this case). If the queen doesn’t Gary Ratts and Cathy Stahler came from ♣ K 4 3 drop, take a finesse in the shorter suit, . If Cupertino CA to visit a place they both used West North East South you do that, you survive this diabolical layout. to live at earlier points in their lives. Stahler 2NT Defensive commentary #2: As East, when spent some time in Honolulu in the 1950s and Pass 3NT All Pass declarer leads a high diamond, play the ♦J, ’60s, when her aunt Alta Mae Goffin worked for developer Chinn Ho. “I was here when : ♠6 conventionally showing partner a sequence headed nothing was here,” Stahler said. “I stayed Lead commentary: As West, a strong lead by the . As West, when discarding on the at the Halekulani when it was nothing but against notrump is low from A–Q-x–x–x-(x). If second diamond, discard from length (hearts), not shacks.” Ratts was here for a few years in partner has the jack or can get in and lead through shortness (clubs). If you discard from a doubleton the 1970s when he was working with the declarer’s probable king, you have a good chance and then show out on the second round of the suit, U.S. Navy. He recalls parking his car at the of taking a bundle of tricks. The returns are not declarer knows partner’s exact holding in that gas station overnight to be in line when gas nearly as great when leading low from A–Q–x–x. suit. It’s called giving away the show – and drives was being rationed. Though both have been Defensive commentary: As West, when the partners crazy! playing bridge for 58 years and duplicate at ♠10 at trick loses to the jack, South is marked with least 15 years, they are low in . the ♠K J 9. Partner’s ♠10 denies both the 9 and the “We don’t play in a lot of sanctioned games,” Ratts said, and for a long time they never K. got more than a quarter of a point at a time. Play commentary: As South, you have eight “I think I figured out it was going to cost us top tricks and the idea is to set up a ninth without $30,000 to make Life Master at the rate we allowing East, the danger hand, in to push a were going.”

Appealing a ruling Walking the dog 10K Fast Pairs Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal By Leo Bell continued from page 1 a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking San Diegan Rick Roeder takes great delight Jim Johnsen and Paul Darin of San Diego are in with the director who delivered the original ruling. in “walking the dog.” This doesn’t refer to his second place, behind by one board. In third are Yoko The table director will fill out paperwork regarding delight in exercising the poodle. In bridge slang, it Sobel of Brooklyn NY and Gary Donner of Bluffton the appeal, and the appellants will explain what is initially underbidding a hand with a long suit and SC. they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. then repeating the bid at higher levels until one is Two-thirds of the 27-table field qualified for the From there, the case may be handled by a variety doubled. For example, opening 1♠ with a 10-card final, where top is 17. of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the spade suit and rebidding the suit in competition up case, the circumstances of that particular case will to the four level. Finally, the exasperated opponents Senior Mixed Pairs determine whether the case can be resolved by the double. original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law Rick has perfected the art. This is Board 21 from continued from page 1 or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or the first session of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Rick sat two spot; they also enjoy a two-plus board carryover even a committee-type hearing which could include South. Micheal Prahan and Elena Prahin from Irvington bridge experts. Dlr: North ♠ Q J 10 8 NY are in third. Vul: N–S ♥ 8 7 5 Fifty-two pairs qualified to play Friday. Top will ♦ A Q 8 4 2 be 25. The Senior Mixed Pairs is open to players Buy your NABC entry online ♣ 5 Don’t wait in line! Buy your entries in advance born after Jan. 1, 1959. ♠ 7 3 ♠ 6 5 4 for all national-level events at BridgeWinners.com. ♥ A Q J 10 9 4 ♥ K 6 2 Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. the day ♦ K 3 ♦ J 10 7 6 5 of the event EXCEPT for events that require pre- Vugraph ♣ K 9 3 ♣ 10 7 registration, in which case the ACBL deadline, or the ♠ A K 9 2 continued from page 1 earlier of the two, applies. ♥ 3 • You even earn $50 a session ($100 for the day) A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance ♦ 9 from ACBL. and be charged for the total number of sessions ♣ A Q J 8 6 4 2 The first session on Sunday starts at 11 a.m.; the played after the event is over. West North East South second session is scheduled for 5 p.m. Pass Pass 1♣ If you haven’t been an operator before but are Email us 1♥ Dbl 2♥ 3♣! familiar with playing on BBO, Jan Martel can train Got a hand you just have to share or a nice 3♥ Pass Pass 3♠! you reasonably quickly either on Saturday before or story? We’d love to see it. Dbl All Pass between sessions or on Sunday. If you find you are The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: Most would simply jump to 3♠ or 4♠ with the available Sunday, please email or text Jan, even at [email protected]. You’ll also find it on South hand after partner’s , but not the last minute: marteljan at gmail or 530–574–5780 the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between Rick. When the smoke cleared, he made five by and she will answer any questions you may have. the date and the editors’ names. playing the hand conservatively. I think this wasn’t This email address won’t be checked with any just walking the dog, it was wagging the tail! regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence. Page 4 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin SUSAN KOBAYASHI WEDNESDAY ZIP KO QUALIFIERS IN THE 0–10,000 FAST PAIRS 4 Tables 18.0 Tables / Based on 27 Tables Carryover 2.99 1 Kevin Epley, Kent WA; Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Jennifer Lin, North Potomac MD; R Rubinstein, 1 Hiroaki Miura - Keiko Miwa, Tokyo Japan 68.00 Sunnyside NY 47.00 2 Jim Johnsen - Paul Darin, San Diego CA 51.82 3 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 46.19 JANNIE FEEBACK THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING 4 Joe Monro - Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 35.49 COMPACT KO 5 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 34.69 9 Tables 6 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Aaron Jones, San Francisco CA 31.44 Gail Buck - Dickie Motherwell, Pahoa HI; Walter Knox, Kamuela 7 Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA; Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA 26.81 HI; Susan Brown, Ocean View HI 8 Shen Qi - Zhengwei Xie, Shanghai China 22.82 vs Carol Cortez, Laredo TX; Linda Shallit, Burien WA; Laura 9 David Sherman, London England; Tracy Capal, Manchester England 22.74 Thomson, Centennial CO; Katherine Demong, Denver CO 10 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 22.57 11 Arianna Testa, Rome Italy; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 18.28 Mary Fenton, Carlsbad CA; Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA; Janet 12 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 17.05 Dunlap - Joan Kroener, Cardiff CA 13 Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 16.56 vs 14 Richard Williams - Jody Williams, San Carlos CA 16.42 Tony Marshall - Karen Wong, Seattle WA; John Weinberg - Sarah 15 Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 15.56 Weinberg, Mercer Island WA 16 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA 15.49 RICK WALL THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 1 17 Lori Spaeth, Los Altos CA; Marolyn Imaoka, San Jose CA 14.36 10 Tables 18 Douglas H. Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK 13.81 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Helena 19 , Las Vegas NV; May Sakr, Ardmore PA 13.51 Fine - Louis Trautwein III, Naples FL 20 Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden; Margie Cole, New York NY 13.48 vs 21 Yue Su - Larry Pocock, Vancouver BC 12.87 Sun Hee Han, Seocho-Ku Seoul South Korea; Sooja Kwon, Seoul 22 Elaine Ware - Martin Ware, Vernon BC 12.35 South Korea; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Heights CA; Daniel Takahashi - 23 Aiyue Ma, Canton China; Rose Hou, Richmond Hill ON 11.06 Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 24 Julius Sigurjonsson, Kopavogur Iceland; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA 10.84 RICK WALL THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 2 25 Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 9.57 11 Tables 26 Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 9.51 Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA; Marlene Sabo, Kailua Kona HI; Janet 27 Gloria McDevitt - Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 8.76 Crossley, San Rafael CA; Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA 28 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 8.27 vs 29 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 8.03 Gail Yap, Brooklyn NY; Cherilyn Young - Robert Liu - James 30 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 7.81 Keefe, Honolulu HI 31 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 6.90 32 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 6.10 Emelie Quennell - Kim Cohos - Sandy Jean Robinson, Calgary AB; 33 Jingyuan Gong, Shenzhen China; Cheng Wang, Canton China 3.72 Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT vs 34 Sherry Allison - Rick Ramey, Delaware OH 2.92 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Douglas 35 Michael Rosen, New York NY; Stan Fong, Toronto ON 1.48 Grant, San Francisco CA; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 36 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 0.00 QUALIFIERS IN THE SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 26.0 Tables Carryover Daily Bulletin delivery 1 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 59.50 Daily Bulletins may not arrive until as late as 2 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 58.44 9 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience. 3 Michael Prahin - Elena Prahin, Irvington NY 57.38 4 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 40.58 5 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 36.46 6 Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Marina Wituliet, Maastricht Netherlands 35.83 7 Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA; Fran White, Fallbrook CA 34.87 8 Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 33.92 9 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 33.18 10 David Abelow, La Jolla CA; Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 31.60 11 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 28.64 12 John Koch, St. Cloud MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 28.22 13 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 27.37 14 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA 26.31 15 Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 25.36 16 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI 25.05 17/18 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 19.66 17/18 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 19.66 19 Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 19.55 20 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 19.13 21 Michael Yuen - Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC 18.71 22 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 18.18 23 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Julie Smith, Vancouver BC 17.97 24 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 17.54 25 Fred King, McLean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 17.44 26 John Jones, Santa Fe Spgs CA; Jacqui McGreal, Lemoore CA 17.23 27 Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 16.70 28 R Bruce Martin, Paia HI; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 14.48 29 Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; Susan Peters, Vancouver BC 14.37 30 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 13.84 31 Sigrid Price, Napa CA; Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA 13.42 32 Brenda Pugsley - Paul Pugsley, Carson City NV 12.68 33 William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 10.67 34 Bruce Luttrell, San Jose CA; Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 8.35 35 Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 6.55 36 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 6.34 37 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 5.50 38/39 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 5.28 38/39 Ellen Hessel - Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 5.28 40 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH 4.33 41 Hank Sigal, Piedmont CA; Julie Burnet, Oakland CA 4.02 42/44 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA 3.28 42/44 Wirt Gilliam, San Diego CA; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN 3.28 42/44 Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 3.28 45 June Keith, New Westminster BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 2.75 46 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 2.64 47/48 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 1.48 47/48 Mark Bennett - Iku Donnelly, Honolulu HI 1.48 49/50 Chris Moll, Durham NC; Mariee Walton, Cary NC 1.16 49/50 Walter Maxymuk - Gene Keidan, Moorestown NJ 1.16 51 Carreen Hinds - Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA 0.95 52 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Steve Ramos Jr., Seal Beach CA 0.00 Daily Bulletin Friday, November 30, 2018 Page 5 KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS – TO BE REVISED 26.0 Tables / Based on 103 Tables Hall of Fame 190.00 1 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 781.71 continued from page 1 142.50 2 Joe Grue, New York NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 780.32 106.88 3 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 764.97 87.69 4 , Clearwater Beach FL; , Clearwater FL 762.19 81.43 5 , Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 750.99 76.00 6 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 744.85 71.25 7 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; , Fort Lauderdale FL 719.62 67.06 8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; , Davis CA 706.76 63.33 9 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 704.38 60.00 10 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; , New York NY 704.26 57.00 11 Linlin Hu, China; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA 703.90 54.29 12 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; , Houston TX 703.58 51.82 13 , Beverly Hills CA; , Denver CO 698.30 Bart Bramley 49.57 14 Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 697.44 47.50 15 , Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 696.42 45.60 16 , Charlottenlund Denmark; , New York NY 694.29 43.85 17 , New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 688.90 42.22 18 , Las Vegas NV; , Paradise Valley AZ 684.97 40.71 19 , Boca Raton FL; , Las Vegas NV 684.93 39.31 20 , Boca Raton FL; , Evanston IL 684.65 38.00 21 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; , New York NY 683.20 36.77 22 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 680.25 35.63 23 Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 677.74 34.55 24 , Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 673.75 33.53 25 Joseph Stokes - , Chicago IL 672.71 32.57 26 Massimiliano Di Franco - Giovanni Donati, Italy 669.07 Billy Cohen 31.67 27 , New York NY; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 668.37 30.81 28 Jerome Rombaut - Combescune Baptiste, Hem France 665.80 30.00 29 , Sunnyvale CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 665.14 29.23 30 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 663.08 28.50 31 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 660.86 27.80 32 John Hurd, New York NY; , Montclair NJ 659.52 27.14 33 , London England; , Flekkefjor Norway 656.66 26.51 34 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 656.56 25.91 35 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden 656.55 25.33 36 , Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 653.67 24.78 37 , Venice FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 651.90 24.26 38 , Sunnyvale CA; Guy Gecht, Los Altos CA 648.61 Beth Palmer 23.75 39 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 645.92 23.27 40 , Delray Beach FL; Victor King, Hartford CT 640.23 22.80 41 Richard J. Probst - Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 623.92 22.35 42 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 623.55 21.92 43 , Canyon TX; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 620.20 21.51 44 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ 619.97 21.11 45 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 616.82 20.73 46 Liam Milne - Andy Hung, Sidney Australia 598.64 20.36 47 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA 586.00 20.00 48 Michael Christensen, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 583.75 19.66 49 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 556.16 19.32 50 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 540.75 Janice Seamon-Molson 19.00 51 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON 539.34 18.69 52 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 509.11 reached 50,000 masterpoints, making him seventh on the list of all-time masterpoint holders. Seamon 0–6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS won 16 North American titles, including three 14.0 Tables / Based on 54 Tables , six GNT Championships and one Blue 75.00 1 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 418.14 Ribbon Pairs, and 10 second-place finishes. He held 56.25 2 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 391.70 three gold medals in world events – the Open IMP 42.19 3 Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 388.22 Pairs in 1998 and the Transnational Teams in 2001 34.62 4 Marielle Brentnall - John Hindle, Winnipeg MB 382.61 and 2003 – and a silver in the 1990 . 32.14 5 Rebecca Anspach - Keith Connolly, St. Paul MN 382.01 30.00 6 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 380.33 Candidates 28.13 7 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 379.78 The candidates, all Grand Life Masters, are 26.47 8 Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI; Steven Johnson, Honolulu HI 372.32 listed in alphabetical order: 25.00 9 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 371.35 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD – 17 North 23.68 10 Andrew Krywaniuk, Burnaby BC; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 370.97 American Bridge Championships, including three 22.50 11 Layne Noble, Ottawa ON; J. Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 367.33 Vanderbilts and a Reisinger, a gold medal in the 21.43 12 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 367.25 1986 World Open Teams and a silver in the 2011 20.45 13 Dustin Stout, Huntington Beach CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 364.73 d’Orsi Senior Teams. 19.57 14 Ronald Leight - Ivy Leight, Santa Fe NM 363.42 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX – 17 NABC wins 18.75 15 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 361.39 and a gold medal in the d’Orsi in 2007, 18.00 16 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock, Valencia CA 360.90 silver in the 2005 World Transnational Open Teams 21.10 17 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Diana Jing, Surrey BC 356.86 16.67 18 Jack Patnode, Kula HI; Alain Schreiber, Bellevue WA 354.35 and a bronze in the 1998 Open Teams. 16.07 19 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA; Leon Yu, Syosset NY 353.30 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA – 4 NABC wins 15.52 20 Gamil Tadros - Helen Dillen, Calgary AB 350.10 including a Reisinger, eight second-place finishes 15.00 21 Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Susan Huber, Brentwood CA 344.42 and one Canadian National Teams Championship. 14.52 22 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 336.63 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY – 27 NABC 14.06 23 Caryn Villalon, Bonsall CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 335.16 wins and nine world championships made up of 13.64 24 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 333.59 seven Women’s team events (three in the Venice 13.24 25 Jason Larrivee - Pamela Keim, Regina SK 333.05 Cup, two in the [formerly 12.86 26 Cliff Marx, Everett WA; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 325.69 Olympiad], one in the McConnell Cup and one in 12.50 27 Leonard Doerksen - Marlene Pontifex, Winnipeg MB 315.47 the SportAccord World Mind Games) and two in 12.16 28 Joyce Goldstein, Brooklyn NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 309.05 Women’s pairs events (World Bridge Series and continued on page 7 Page 6 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL Cui culpa? 35.75 Tables / Based on 20 Tables By Barry Rigal 12.00 1 Cheng Wang, Canton China 120.39% Bridge World used to run a feature asking the 9.00 2 Robert Weaver, Kansas City MO 119.95% 8.34 3 Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 119.83% readership to apportion blame for a debacle between 6.32 4/5 Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 118.11% the partnership. 6.32 4/5 Carol Maggipinto, Aptos CA 118.11% Let’s look at this deal presented by Zygmunt 3.22 6/7 William Hamann, Riverside CA 117.25% Marcinski, first as a single-dummy defensive 3.22 6/7 James Tanner, Highland CA 117.25% problem. 5.85 8 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA 116.25% ♠ K 8 5 3 2 4.39 9/10 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 115.56% ♥ 9 8 2 4.39 9/10 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 115.56% ♦ Q 7 4 ♣ 8 7 MARK TEAFORD THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS ♠ J 6 14.0 Tables A B C ♥ 6 4 5.20 1 1 Cheng Wang, Canton China; Aiyue Ma, Canton China 71.02% ♦ K 9 3.90 2 Jennifer Beall - Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 63.26% ♣ A J 10 6 4 3 2 3.41 3 2 1 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson, Little Rock AR 59.47% West North East South 2.56 4 3 2 Marge Van Hemert, Bonita CA; Linda Atkinson, Encinitas CA 59.09% 1♣(1) 1.65 5 Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI 57.77% 3♣ Pass(2) Pass 3♥ 1.92 6 4 3 Marianne Kuzma, San Diego CA; Helen Howard, Buckeye AZ 57.39% Pass 4♥ All Pass 1.53 5 Kevin Schoenfeld - Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 56.06% (1) 16+ HCP 1.10 6 Evan Marti, Houston TX; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX 50.76% (2) 0–7 HCP 1.16 4 Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Drucilla Field, Encinitas CA 50.00% You lead … (don’t worry, this isn’t the moment LESTER & MITZIE KODAMA THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS to apportion blame) the ♥4: 2, 7, ace. 9.5 Tables A spade goes 6, king, ace. Partner shifts to the A B C ♣9: king, ace, 7. The ♣J is won by declarer’s queen 3.00 1 1 1 Karen Wilson, Makawao HI; Ethelyn Stisher, Wailuku HI 61.86% as partner follows. He cashes ♥K: 6, 8 5. Now comes 2.25 2 2 Judith Lee, Honolulu HI; Deborah Ayars, Waipahu HI 59.48% the ♠7: jack, 2, 9. 1.69 3 3 Sharon Weber, Kealakekua HI; Elizabeth Reid, Kailua Kona HI 58.73% What next? 1.60 4 4 2 Krista Kabacy, Vancouver WA; Ruth Long, San Jose CA 58.41% Does declarer have three ? For sure! 1.20 5 5 3 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA; Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 57.96% Partner would have overtaken the ♠J to play 0.71 6 Allan Chernov, Irving TX; Warren Kenyon, Littleton CO 56.48% if he could. If declarer has the ♠Q, you’d 0.90 4 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 52.38% better try to set up or cash diamonds. If partner has the ♠Q and ♥10, lead a third club. Partner Optiumn D Make mine a Heineken can overruff dummy and you eventually collect a Brian Glubok played with Alex Kolesnik in the diamond and a spade. By Barry Rigal Nail Life Master Pairs. West went for the second option, and this was Even in the Blue Ribbon semifinal, bidding too Dlr: South ♠ 10 5 4 2 the full deal. Cui culpa? much and daring your opponents to beat you is often Vul: E–W ♥ A Q 3 ♠ K 8 5 3 2 a good approach. ♦ 10 4 ♥ 9 8 2 Dlr: South ♠ A J 10 8 6 5 ♣ A 7 6 5 ♦ Q 7 4 Vul: E–W ♥ 7 ♠ A 9 6 3 ♠ Q 8 7 ♣ 8 7 ♦ 10 7 6 2 ♥ 10 4 ♥ 9 8 6 2 ♠ J 6 ♠ A 10 9 ♣ 10 5 ♦ K J 6 ♦ Q 9 2 ♥ 6 4 ♥ 7 5 ♠ 4 ♠ Q 9 2 ♣ Q 10 9 2 ♣ J 8 4 ♦ K 9 ♦ A 10 8 6 3 2 ♥ A J 8 5 4 ♥ K Q 10 ♠ K J ♣ A J 10 6 4 3 2 ♣ 9 5 ♦ A Q J 8 ♦ 4 3 ♥ K J 7 5 ♠ Q 7 4 ♣ A K 6 ♣ Q 9 8 7 4 ♦ A 8 7 5 3 ♥ A K Q J 10 3 ♠ K 7 3 ♣ K 3 ♦ J 5 ♥ 9 6 3 2 West North East South ♣ K Q ♦ K 9 5 Kolesnik Glubok Have you decided yet? The answer is that West ♣ J 3 2 1NT was blameless and East takes 100 percent of the West North East South Pass 3♣(1) Pass 3♦(2) blame. With ♠A 10 9, he must follow with the ♠10 Pass Pass 3♥(3) Pass 3NT on the second round – denying ♠A Q 10 – or he 1♥ 3♠ Pass Pass All Pass would overtake to play diamonds. Now West knows Dbl Pass 4♥ 4♠ (1) Puppet Stayman inquiring about majors to cash out. Dbl All Pass (2) No five-card major, but a four-card major LEONARD & HELEN FAHRNI THURSDAY COMPACT KO 1 East led the ♦4 to the jack. West cashed the top (3) Shows four spades 12 Tables two clubs and continued the suit. Declarer ruffed, 25.23 1 Susan Humphries, Auckland New Zealand; Glubok ducked the opening lead of the ♣2 and Jessica Brake, Potts Point Australia; Ella Jacob, Aukland New cashed the ♠A and ran the ♠J. With time on his side, won the club continuation in hand. He played a heart Zealand; Renee Cooper, Perth Australia he could draw and knocked out the diamonds. to the queen, and a spade from dummy to his jack 17.66 2 Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA; David Caprera, After the diamond lead, won by West, the best and the ace. West persisted in clubs and Glubok Denver CO; Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA defense is not obvious, but I think he can work it out. called for dummy’s ace, pitching a low diamond 11.35 3 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Marie- Cash the ♣K, ♣A, underlead in hearts, then take the from hand. Declarer then ducked a diamond. West France Benoit, Gatineau QC; Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Sumit two diamond winners. You have the first six tricks. cashed his good club, East pitching a heart while Mukherjee, Kolkata India ♠ A J 10 8 6 5 8.83 4 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Roger McNay, South pitched the ♦8, and exited a heart. Glubok Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Robert Morris, ♥ — won the trick in dummy and cashed the ♥K J – Houston TX ♦ 10 West discarded a spade and a diamond while East ♣ — discarded a diamond. Glubok cashed the ♠K and LEONARD & HELEN FAHRNI THURSDAY COMPACT KO 2 13 Tables ♠ 4 ♠ Q 9 2 ♦A and … Yes!” he said. “I see a Heineken in my 13.31 1 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer ♥ A J 8 5 ♥ K Q future!” The ♦7 ––the – was the ultimate Island WA; Tim Berta, Sequim WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend ♦ 8 ♦ — trick. One spade, four hearts, two diamonds and two WA 9.32 2 Joseph Habeich - Jean Johansson, Portland OR; ♣ 6 ♣ Q 9 clubs: making three for plus 400 Richard S.H. Wong - Wilfred Motokane Jr., Honolulu HI ♠ K 7 3 Meanwhile, in the same event, Alex’s son, Finn, 5.99 3 Malcolm Morris, London ; John Herriot, Los ♥ 9 6 3 was playing with Leigh Gold. Gold declared 3NT Angeles CA; Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger, New York NY ♦ — 4.66 4 Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI; Clinton Lew, on the lead of a low spade. When declarer drove out Claremont CA; Richard Gittleman, Kamuela HI; Milton Kalikman, ♣ J the ♠A, West switched to a heart, giving declarer the Azusa CA Now the ♦8: East ruffs with the ♠9 to promote to set up diamonds for three tricks. Gold also his own queen. took the last trick with the ♦7 – but he made four for plus 430. Daily Bulletin Friday, November 30, 2018 Page 7

JACK BUCHANAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS 8 Tables Hall of Fame A B continued from page 5 3.84 1 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; , Wilmington DE; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce SportAccord World Mind Games). Many additional Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland 60.00 silver and bronze medals. 2.88 2 Robert Englekirk, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV – 8 NABC wins Rita Levin, Los Angeles CA; Elizabeth Golamco, Alamo CA 50.00 including two Vanderbilts and 17 seconds, two gold 2.77 3 1 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; Jim George - Susan George, medals in the 2013 d’Orsi Senior Teams and the San Clemente CA 47.00 2018 Senior Pairs and two silvers in the 2006 World 2.08 2 Anne Hollingsworth - Kathrine Loh, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Open Teams and the 2000 Transnational Teams. Lafayette CA; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI 45.00 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD – 28 NABC KATHY GOLITZEN THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS wins and seven world titles, made up of four 28.0 Tables / Based on 68 Tables Women’s team titles (two in the Venice Cup, one in A X Y the McConnell Cup, one in the SportAccord World 36.91 1 Boyd Wells, Truro NS; Daniel Landry, Hubley NS 63.53% Mind Games) one in the World Mixed Teams and 27.68 2 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 61.28% two Women’s pairs gold medals (World Bridge 20.76 3 Robert Fendrick - Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA 59.87% Series and SportAccord World Mind Games). Many 15.57 4 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 58.34% additional silver and bronze medals. 12.30 5 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 58.31% Judi Radin, – 16 North 17.80 6 1 1 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Victoria BC 57.87% American championships, four gold medals in world 9.23 7 Wenjia Yan, Cerritos CA; Walter Schafer Jr., Fountain Valley CA 57.27% championships: three in Women’s teams (one each in 13.35 8 2 Leigh Gold, Melbourne Australia; Kitty Muntz, East Malvern Australia 56.74% 7.38 9 Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 55.86% the Venice Cup, McConnell Cup and World Bridge 10.01 10 3 Thomas Trudeau - Forrest Gray, San Antonio TX 55.79% Games) and one world Women’s pairs title. Many 7.51 11 4 2 Mark Humphrey - Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA 55.58% additional silver and bronze medals. 5.93 12 5 Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 54.92% Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL – 18 5.27 13 6 Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA; Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA 54.81% NABC wins, six world titles (two Venice , one 4.92 14 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA 54.81% McConnell Cup, one World Bridge Games Women’s 4.45 7 Douglas Smith, Carson City NV; Paul Kushner, South Lake Tahoe CA 52.75% teams and two in the SportAccord World Mind 4.01 8 3 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 52.74% Games, one of them an individual) and five silver 3.56 9 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI 52.25% medals. 3.00 4 Nancy Baker - John Donoghue, Honolulu HI 49.59% 2.37 5 Gay Yamagiwa, Honolulu HI; Judy Soong, San Francisco CA 47.75% Ballots Ballots will go out early next year to about 375 electors. Voting ends in February. Induction for those elected will take place at the 2019 Summer NABC in Las Vegas. Page 8 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin Reisinger BAM starts today Theodore A. Lightner, Merwyn D. Maier, 1951 1. Corti Boland, C. Bruce Elliot, Micky Jean P. Mattheys, M. Miller, Percy E. Sheardown; 2. B. Jay 1935 1. F. Roland Buck, Joseph E. Cain, Becker, Charles H. Goren, Myron F. Field, Lawrence J. Welch, Edson T. Wood; 2. Ely , Helen Sobel Culbertson, , Richard 1952 1. , Edith Kemp, Alvin L. Frey, Albert H. Morehead Roth, ; 2. Edward H. Cohen, 1936 1. Marge Anderson, Donald G. Farquharson, , Arthur S. Goldsmith, Elmer I. Mrs. J.A. Faulkner, Percy E. Sheardown; 2. Schwartz Arthur Glatt, Laura Heiner, John R. Smith, 1953 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman; 2. Harry J. 1937 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Fishbein, Peter A. Leventritt, , Charles J. Solomon, ; 2. Oscar Charles J. Solomon, 2017 ACBL President Bob Heller presents the J. Brotman, William Perry, , S.S. 1954 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Reisinger Trophy to winners Yinghao Liu, Jack Vorzimer Rapee, Sidney Silodor; 2. Israel Cohen, Paul Zhao, Yuxiong Shen, npc Jianhua Miao and 1938 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Kibler, Alvin Roth, William Seamon Zijian Shao. Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 2. A. 1955 1. Ben Fain, George Heath, , Competition for the Reisinger Trophy (the Mitchell Barnes, Mary Clement, Benedict , ; 2. William V. Chicago Trophy until 1965) starts today. The event Jarmel, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Lipton, , W. Miller Nelson, is a six-session open team event scored by board-a- 1939 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, Charles Joseph G. Ripstra match with two qualifying sessions, two semifinal H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 1956 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George sessions and two final sessions. It was contested as 2‑4. Jay Cushing, Seymour Kaplan, Al Rapee, Sidney Silodor; 2. Ben Fain, Paul a four-session championship until 1966. The event Leibowitz, Edward N. Marcus; 2‑4. Oswald Hodge, Oswald Jacoby, Dick Sutton is generally thought to be the toughest on the ACBL Jacoby, Merwyn D. Maier, Robert A. 1957 1. Charles H. Goren, Harold A. Ogust, tournament calendar. McPherran, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2‑4. William S. Root, , Helen The event began in 1929 as the North American Henry Auslander, Joseph Davis, Jacob D. Sobel; 2. Robert Y. Barrett, Ben Fain, Harry Open Team Championship and the prize was Lindy, Catherine W. Samberg J. Fishbein, , Paul Hodge the Chicago Trophy, donated by the Auction 1940 1. Henry Feinberg, Jeff Glick, Maury J. 1958 1. Leonard B. Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, Bridge Club of Chicago. (In 1928, the open team Glick, Louis Newman; 2. Alfred R. Dick, , , Ivar competition was for the Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup.) C. William Potts, James Sheern, Edward R. Stakgold; 2. Arthur M. Miller, John H. The Chicago Trophy was replaced in 1965 by Thomas Moran, David Strasberg, Jay Wendt the Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the 1941 1. Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant, 1959 1. Lewis L. Mathe, Donald A. Oakie, Meyer Greater New York Bridge Association in memory of Helen Sobel, ; 2. A. Mitchel Schleifer, Edward O. Taylor; 2. Harry J. Curt H. Reisinger. Barnes, S. Garton Churchill, , Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Charles Reisinger (1891–1964), of New York City, was a Charles S. Lockridge, Waldemar K. von J. Solomon principal patron of and the American Zedtwitz 1960 1. Ollie Adams, William Hanna, Sidney H. Contract Bridge League in the early years of both. 1942 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Lazard, Lewis L. Mathe; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Reisinger was a great-grandson of Anheuser and Silodor, John R. Crawford; 2. S. Garton Mervin Key, G. Robert Nail, Curtis Smith a grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery Churchill, Harry J. Fishbein, Lee Hazen, 1961 1. John R. Crawford, , Alvin from which he inherited great wealth. That wealth Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone; 2‑3. enabled him to become a stalwart financial supporter 1943 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney , Robert F. Jordan, Eric R. of the game, as well as a noted philanthropist on a Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Samuel Katz, Murray, Arthur G. Robinson; 2‑3. Harold B. far larger scale. Bertram Lebhar Jr., Peter A. Leventritt, Guiver, , Thomas K. Sanders, In the years when there was often a struggle to Simon Rossant Michael Shuman meet the League’s modest payroll, Reisinger was 1944 1. Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, Ruth 1962 1‑2. Paul Allinger, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis often called upon and never failed to help with a Sherman, Charles J. Solomon; 2. B. Jay L. Mathe, , Erik Paulsen, loan or an outright gift. His support made possible Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Edward O. Taylor; 1‑2. Robert D. Hamman, several early contract bridge tournaments, clubs and Helen Sobel Eddie Kantar, Donald P. Krauss, Marshall books. 1945 1. Lee Hazen, George Rapee, Samuel M. Miles, Bill Eisenberg Among the positions in which he served were Stayman, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2. 1963 1. Charles H. Goren, Peter A. Leventritt, director of the United States Bridge Association, Ambrose Casner, Harold J. Harkavy, Ralph Harold A. Ogust, Howard Schenken; 2. president of the Greater New York Bridge Hirschberg, Harold A. Ogust, Jack Shore Donald R. Faskow, William L. , Association and chairman of the ACBL. In 1953, 1946 1. A. Mitchel Barnes, John R. Crawford, Herbert Sachs, Reisinger was named ACBL Honorary Member. Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman; 2. Simon 1964 1. John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Mervin Key, Becker, Stanley O. Fenkel, Fred D. Karpin, Harold Rockaway; 2. Harold Harkavy, Edith Winners and runners-up: Louis Newman Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis K. Smith, Bobby 1929 1. Max M. Cohen, Louis J. Haddad, Robert 1947 1‑3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, , Wolff, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz W. Halpin, Nils M. Wester; 2. Carlton Sally Young; 1‑3. John R. Crawford, 1965 1. Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, R. Drake, James Kelly, Paul D. Parcells, Theodore A. Lightner, George Rapee, , ; 2. Michael Charles Rilling Samuel M. Stayman; 1‑3. Robert Appleyard, Engel, , , 1930 1. William K. Barrett, W. James Carpenter, Morris Berliant, Malcolm A. Lightman, Ira S. Rubin , Johnny Rau; 2. Mary Simon Rossant 1966 1. Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Clement, , P. Hal Sims, 1948 1. George Boeckh, C. , Agnes Kay, Arthur G. Robinson; 2‑3. Gerald W. Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Gordon, Charlotte Sidway; 2. John R. Bare, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, 1931 1. Elizabeth Banfield, Cmdr. Winfield S. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Mike McMahan, Erik Paulsen, ; Liggett Jr., Frances Newman, George Unger; Samuel M. Stayman 2‑3. William S. Root, Alvin Roth, Bee 2. David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard 1949 1. Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, , Schenken, Howard Schenken S. Karn, P. Hal Sims Peter A. Leventritt, Jack Shore; 2‑3. Sidney 1967 1. Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman 1932 1. B. Jay Becker. S. Garton Churchill, Aronson, Emily Folline, Benjamin O. Kay, Arthur G. Robinson, William S. Root, George Reith, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2. Johnson, Ludwig J. Kabakjian, Edward Alvin Roth; 2. Steve Altman, Michael M. Ely Culbertson, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald N. Marcus; 2‑3. Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Becker, Charles Peres, Daniel Rotman Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner Goldsmith, Alvin , , Elmer 1968 1. , Erik Paulsen, Peter A. 1933 1. Charles A. Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip I. Schwartz Pender, Hugh Ross, Howard Schenken; 2. Steiner, Richard M. Wildberg; 2. B. Jay 1950 1. B. Jay Becker, Myron F. Field, Charles Bill Eisenberg, , Robert Becker, S. Garton Churchill, P. Hal Sims, H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Sidney Lazard, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Edward George Rapee 1934 1. Henry S. Dinkelspiel Jr., Lewis Jaeger, N. Marcus, Howard Schenken, Samuel M. 1969 1. Philip Feldesman, , Ira Bernard Rabinowitz, Maurice Seiler; 2. Stayman Rubin, Jeff Westheimer; 2. Edgar Kaplan, Daily Bulletin Friday, November 30, 2018 Page 9

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Lipsitz, Steven J. Parker, Samuel Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon; 2. , Steve M. Stayman Eric Rodwell; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Garner, Howard Weinstein, Roy Welland, 1977 1. Jim Cayne, Alan Greenberg, James Burger, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Alexander Smirnov, Cristal Henner-Welland Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, Michael S. Lawrence; Goldman, Mark Lair 2011 1. James Cayne, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo 2. Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Neil 1994 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Versace, Antonio Sementa, Lorenzo Lauria, Silverman, Samuel M. Stayman Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon; 2.* , Tor 1978 1. Ira G. Corn Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert Eric Rodwell; 2. James Cayne, Bobby Helness, , Pierre Zimmerman D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff; Goldman, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Chuck 2012 1.* Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Tor 2. , , Mark Lair, Burger, Paul Soloway Helness, Geir Helgemo; 2. Roy Welland, , Barney O’Malia, Ron 1995 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Sabine Auken, Lew Stansby, Bart Bramley. Smith Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, 2013 1.* Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, 1979 1‑2. , Robert Levin, Jeff Eric Rodwell; 2. Peter Nagy, Bruce , Geir Helgemo; 2. Nick Nickell, Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell; Ferguson, Howard Weinstein, Ralph Katz, Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, 1‑2. Ira G. Corn Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert , Steve Weinstein Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff 1996 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip 2014 1.* Allan Graves, Richard Schwartz, Espen 1980 1. Ron E. Andersen, Malcolm K. Brachman, Martel, Lew Stansby; 2. James Cayne, Mark Lindqvist, Boye Brogeland; 2. Nick Nickell, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Feldman, Chuck Burger, Michael Seamon, Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Lawrence, Paul Soloway; 2‑3. Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Alan Sontag Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, 1997 1. Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, 2015 1. Vytautas Vainikonis, Wojtek Olanski, , Eddie Wold; 2‑3. Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner; 2. Boguslaw Gierulski, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Roy Fox, , Paul Swanson, Kit George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Adam Pawel Zatorski, Ron Pachtmann; 2. Woolsey Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Mark Gordon, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, 1981 1. Chip Martel, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Lesniewski, David Berkowitz, Alan Sontag, Michael Lew Stansby; 2‑3. , Chuck F. 1998 1. , , Geir Rosenberg, Jacek Pszczola Burger, Jim Cayne, Bill Eisenberg, Alan Helgemo, Tony Forrester; 2. George Jacobs, 2016 1. Michael Becker, Aubrey Strul, Tarek Greenberg; 2‑3. Evan Bailey, L. Andrew Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Sadek, Walid Elahmady, Michael Kamil, Campbell, Joel Hoersch, David J. Weiss Versace, PeterWeichsel, Alan Sontag Richard Coren; 2. Geoff Hampson, Eric 1982 1. , Richard Pavlicek, Edgar 1999 1. Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Greco, John Diamond, Brian Platnick, Kevin Kaplan, Norman Kay; 2. Mark Molson, Eric Helgemo, Tony Forrester; 2. Dano DeFalco, Bathurst, Kokish, Paul Lewis, Robert Lebi, George Giorgio Duboin, Guido Ferraro, Norberto 2017 1. Yuxiong Shen, Zijian Shao, , Mittelman, Drew Cannell Bocchi Yinghao Liu; 2. George Mittelman, Ken 1983 1. Oswald Jacoby, Edgar Kaplan, Norman 2000 1. George Jacobs, , Lorenzo Bercuson, Ron Pachtmann, Piotr Pawl Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek; 2‑3 Ron Lauria, Ralph Katz, , Zatorski Rubin, , Bill Eisenberg, Eddie Giorgio Duboin; 2. Mike Cappelletti Jr., * This team originally contained other members Kantar, , Peter Weichsel; 2‑3. Gary Cohler, Richard Finberg, Mark Lair, who were later stripped of their titles. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender, Jerry Goldfein Hugh Ross 2001 1. Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Brad Monitoring 1984 1‑4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Moss, Fred Gitelman, Steve Garner, Howard At this and future North American Kaplan, Norman Kay; 1‑4. Fred Stewart, Weinstein; 2. George Jacobs, Alfredo Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ Steve Weinstein, , Mike Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Smolen; 1‑4. , Richard Reisig, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin will be recorded and available for later inspection George Tornay, Saul Bronstein; 1‑4. Jim 2002 1. , , Bobby Wolff, and review by officials. Robison, Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Stelios Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Adam Wildavsky, By general monitoring of the session and Touchtidis ; 2. Richard Schwartz, Michael participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 1985 1‑2. Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Zia of information that may be useful in determining Lew Stansby; 1‑2. 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THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS New Life Master 30.0 Tables Mimi Levison of Koloa 7 3 2 HI became a Life Master on 10.50 1 1 1 Betsy Hartley, San Clemente CA; Judy Blankenfeld, Hilo HI 59.52% Thursday playing in the Patsy 7.88 2 R. Michelle Green, Somerville MA; Julian Jefferson, Manchester NH 59.23% Lum Wednesday-Thursday 5.91 3 Woody Bliss, Weston CT; Douglas Pratt, Norwalk CT 58.78% KO Bracket 2. She was 4.43 4 Rich Oom - Sharon Oom, Kentwood MI 58.48% playing with Stuart Vance, 3.50 5 Darrick Chee, Forest Hill TX; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 58.18% 3.00 6 Morris Mitchem Jr., Columbia SC; Janice Gleason, Monterey CA 58.04% Dileep Bal and Patti Moore, 4.90 7 2 Danuta Trafford - Thomas Trafford, Calgary AB 57.14% all from Kauai, the Garden 2.33 8 Sheila Naylor - Bill Lau, The Villages FL 56.40% Island. Levison needed 15 gold 3.67 9 3 Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 56.10% points. She earned 11.54 on Tuesday by winning 3.03 10/12 4 2 Maree Webster, Wilson WY; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 55.80% the Edith Neff Daylight KO Bracket 2, and the 1.76 10/12 Mark McWiggins, Issaquah WA; Denise Kadleck, Chicago IL 55.80% rest by reaching the Thursday semifinal of the later 1.96 10/12 Sally Giloth – N. Dennis Berg, Santa Barbara CA 55.80% knockout. 2.18 13 5 Dwight Curry, Lincoln CA; Edwina Moscatelli, Honolulu HI 55.36% 1.54 14/15 John Bakovic, Springfield VA; Richard Bakovic, San Pedro CA 54.17% Milestones 1.61 14/15 Victor Zubacs, East York ON; Linda Herman, Toronto ON 54.17% Max Schireson of Stanford 2.27 6 3 Lee Lin, New York NY; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY 53.57% CA became a Bronze Life 1.63 7 Liz Schuler - Reece Schuler, Chapel Hill NC 53.13% Master on Thursday playing 1.45 8 Clare Smith, Walnut Creek CA; Jeanette Bartz, Clayton CA 52.98% 1.31 9 Willa King, San Clemente CA; Bonnie O’Donnell, Corona Del Mar CA 51.79% in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon 1.70 10 4 Louise Weidner - Kurt Weidner, Kailua Kona HI 51.19% Pairs with Debbie Rosenberg, 1.35 5 David Ouyang, Waianae HI; Terence Block, Bellevue WA 51.04% placing 29th in the event for 30 platinum points. “I’m no longer LAKE MINNETONKA THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS eligible for the Gold Rush,” 22.0 Tables Schireson joked. It’s been a few A B C years since he played in one. 6.93 1 1 Margaret Breeden - James Breeden, Carson City NV 71.46% Ron Leight of Santa 5.20 2 Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 59.37% Fe NM became a Ruby Life 4.39 3 2 Ruben Paet, Kapolei HI; Judy Hansen, Eagan MN 58.06% Master on Thursday playing in 2.92 4 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Penny Kallaus, Holualoa HI 56.75% 2.19 5 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 56.64% the 0–6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon 3.29 6 3 Barbara Hopewell - Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA 55.56% Pairs with his wife, Ivy Leight, 3.15 7 4 1 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO; James Calhoun, Arvada CO 55.12% placing 14th. He was 21 points 2.07 5 M. Gay Conklin, Honolulu HI; Katherine Svarc, Kirkland WA 55.01% short of 1500 coming in and 1.48 6 Carol Maggipinto - Mark Maggipinto, Aptos CA 54.58% picked up 13.58 in regional 1.04 7 Vicki Sutton - Marion McLaren, Honolulu HI 54.47% events. The Mini-Blue overall 2.36 2 Robert Williams, Wilson WY; John Williams, Kailua HI 53.92% of 19.57 covered the rest. It was Leight’s first time 1.77 3 Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Randal Burns, Washington DC 53.59% in the final of a national event. “This is harder than 1.33 4 Nancy Engbloom - Frances McDonald, Calgary AB 51.31% work,” he said. 1.00 5 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA 51.20%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 6.5 Tables A B C 2.55 1 1 1 Gretchen Shively - Chuck Shively, Seattle WA 68.18% 1.91 2 Greg Manchuk - Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI 61.82% 1.50 3 2 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 61.37% 1.13 4 3 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA; Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 56.37% 0.84 5 4 Elsie Shaw, Gilroy CA; Lesley Waltner, Morgan Hill CA 52.72% 1.14 2 Synne Hansen Miller, Los Angeles CA; Ruth Long, San Jose CA 44.54%

JIM BISHOP THURSDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 18 Tables / Based on 34 Tables A X Y 11.20 1 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 60.00 8.40 2 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 59.00 6.30 3 1 Jianhua Miao, Shanghai China; Weijun Liu - Jing Rong Ran - Bin Shi, Shanghai China 57.00 4.73 4 2 1 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Romain Tembouret, France; Laurent Thuillez, Frederic France; Pascale Thuillez, Villiers France 53.00 3.54 5 , Taby Sweden; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL 51.00 2.31 3 2 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland; Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland 50.00 1.73 4 Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Xudong Sun, Shanghai China 43.00

JIM BISHOP THURSDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 16 Tables B C D 4.55 1 1 Ruben Paet, Kapolei HI; Sam Aucoin, Honolulu HI; Judy Hansen, Eagan MN; Mary Pokonosky, Excelsior MN 62.00 2.99 2/3 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Will Williams, Richmond VA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC 52.00 2.99 2/3 2 1 James Calhoun, Arvada CO; Linda Golm - Donna Neff, San Francisco CA; Shawn Cantlin, Tracy CA 52.00 1.73 4/5 3 Michael Walker, Vancouver WA; Sue Bailey, Stockport England; Patricia Newbold, Hagerstown MD; Carol Orazetti, Redmond OR 51.00 1.68 4/5 Midori Horikawa - Ayako Nagayama - Ishino Hiroko, Tokyo Japan; Emi Sakata, Japan 51.00 1.30 4 Iris Libby - Liz Lin, Cincinnati OH; Carol Lombardino - John Montgomery, Tomball TX 44.00 1.38 2 Diana Lam, Boston MA; Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA; Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA 42.00 Daily Bulletin Friday, November 30, 2018 Page 11

JACK BUCHANAN THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS 22.0 Tables / Based on 61 Tables An exercise in percentages A B C By Barry Rigal 35.50 1 1 Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; John McAllister, Keswick VA 61.16% The Blue Ribbon second qualifier threw up this 26.63 2 Viktor Anikovich - Rama Linz, Los Angeles CA 60.43% problem for declarer. 19.97 3 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 59.83% 13.41 4/5 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA 58.82% Dlr: East 13.41 4/5 2 Anshul Paliwal - Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 58.82% Vul: E–W 10.14 6 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Zachary Madden, Bethesda MD 58.38% West East 8.88 7 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 57.10% ♠ A ♠ K 8 5 7.89 8 Howard Epley - Kevin Epley, Kent WA 56.04% ♥ A Q 10 4 3 ♥ K 5 2 7.10 9 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 55.95% ♦ Q J 7 6 ♦ 5 4 3 7.16 10 3 Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway; Solbritt Lindahl, Evenslejer Norway 55.38% ♣ A 10 4 ♣ 8 7 5 3 5.92 11 Carolyn Bryan – H. Wendell Williams, Oklahoma City OK 54.67% West North East South 5.46 12 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Steve Chen, San Jose CA 54.28% Pass 5.37 4 Richard D’Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA; Alana Shapley, San Diego CA 51.97% 1♥ 2♥ 4.81 5 Donald Bierman, San Ramon CA; Charles Conrad, Castro Valley CA 51.32% 4.63 6 1 Brian Turner, Carlsbad CA; Ann Stephens, Seattle WA 50.35% 3♦ 3♥ 3.47 2 Julie Kimelman, Valley Glen CA; Angelika Hederer, Los Angeles CA 49.88% Pass 2.60 3 Roxann Trouth - Roberta Stirling, Edmonton AB 47.16% You may disagree with East’s raise to 2♥ as 1.95 4 Scott Chupack - JC Chupack, Seattle WA 46.12% opposed to a nonforcing 1NT; I’m on the fence about it (and I made the call myself). Regardless, you CASTLE RESORTS THURSDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS receive the lead of the ♠J and congratulate yourself 6.0 Tables for not driving to game. 7 5 3 Having taken the ♠A (nice play!), you must 4.20 1 David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA 63.40% decide whether to go the direct or indirect route. 3.50 2 1 Joan Shafer, Pahoa HI; Robin McDuff, Santa Cruz CA 55.66% Indirect is to a club, hoping they play spades or 2.63 3 2 Ken Pelowski - Lori Mirek, Atherton CA 53.59% 1.97 4 3 George Fleeson, Mc Lean VA; Brian Castle, San Diego CA 50.66% diamonds for you. Direct, which was the line chosen at the table, was ♥A, ♥K, ♠K pitching a club. Now, LAKE MINNETONKA THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS what is the best play to hold the diamond losses to 11.5 Tables three? A B C I believe the right answer is to play a diamond 4.77 1 1 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA 65.88% from dummy and duck if right-hand opponent 3.58 2 Lars Nielsen - Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 62.27% follows low unconcernedly. If a spade comes back, 2.68 3 James Tanner, Highland CA; William Hamann, Riverside CA 61.34% you pitch a club from hand, planning to regain the 2.01 4 Sanna Clementsson, Stockholm Sweden; Thomas Andersson, Lund Sweden 59.72% lead, draw trump and duck a second diamond. This 1.51 5 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan 59.12% line works against a doubleton honor in either hand 2.60 6 2 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Maximo Crusizio, Argentina 56.25% 1.95 3 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Robert Garin, San Diego CA 55.09% ... but this is the full story: 1.46 4 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Linda Dunn, Memphis TN 54.40% ♠ J 10 4 3 2 2.80 1 Nancy Engbloom - Frances McDonald, Calgary AB 48.61% ♥ J 9 8 2.10 2 Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Rose Hou, Richmond Hill ON 44.53% ♦ 9 8 1.58 3 Torbjeng Tjetland, Sandnes Norway; Tore Tjetland, Sandives Norway 43.75% ♣ Q J 9 ♠ A ♠ K 8 5 THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ♥ A Q 10 4 3 ♥ K 5 2 4.0 Tables ♦ Q J 7 6 ♦ 5 4 3 A B C ♣ A 10 4 ♣ 8 7 5 3 2.10 1 1 Stewart Brightman - Peter Serafini, Calgary AB 56.94% ♠ Q 9 7 6 1.58 2 Eleanor Carlson, Corvallis OR; Daniela Tone, Santa Clara CA 54.86% 1.38 3 2 Bill Walter - Christine Walter, Vancouver BC 54.17% ♥ 7 6 ♦ A K 10 2 PATSY LUM WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO 1 ♣ K 6 2 13 Tables Yes, South did pass, nonvulnerable, and if he 46.50 1 Jun Zhang, Beijing China; Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen - Bo Fu, Shanghai China; Yan Sun, China had ducked his ♦K, he might have been the only 32.55 2 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Alison Wilson, New York NY; Cornelis defender in the field legitimately to hold declarer to Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands eight tricks. 18.60 3/4 Alfred Lee - Robert Ipswitch, San Mateo CA; Xudong Sun, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Gary Peck, Hayward CA 18.60 3/4 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch LEONARD & HELEN FAHRNI THURSDAY COMPACT KO 3 Gdns FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX 12 Tables 8.27 1 Judith Dubester - Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark - Paul Wayne English, Seattle WA PATSY LUM WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO 2 5.79 2 Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA; Deborah Steffen - 11 Tables Alain Cardinal, Santa Barbara CA; Jacques Simard, Montreal QC 17.06 1 Lamya Abougoush - Diane Campbell - Janet Sharpe, Calgary AB; Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC 3.72 3 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, 11.94 2 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Myra Johnston, North Vancouver Oro Valley AZ; James Herchenroeder - Laurie Herchenroeder, BC; Marlene Powell, Vancouver BC Harrodsburg KY 2.89 4 Eli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; Lori 6.82 3/4 Ann Marie Gramson - Gilbert Gramson, Warrenton OR; Sandra Baker, Seaside OR; Maryjane Hays - Mark Hays, Arroyo Grande CA Swynenburg, Cannon Beach OR 6.82 3/4 Patti Moore, Kalaheo HI; Mimi Levison, Koloa HI; L. Stuart Vance - Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI Page 12 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin

LAKE MINNETONKA WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - FINAL 58.25 Tables 14.40 1 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI 122.63% 10.80 2 Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 119.37% 8.10 3 Bernardo Biondo, Rome 00137 117.66% 5.44 4/5 William Hamann, Riverside CA 116.84% 5.44 4/5 James Tanner, Highland CA 116.84% 5.20 6 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN 112.90% 3.40 7/8 Tina Gokturk, Calgary AB 111.63% 3.40 7/8 E. Elaine Stewart, Calgary AB 111.63% 2.75 9/10 Charleen Lee, Gold River CA 106.91% 2.75 9/10 Gary Lee, Gold River CA 106.91% 2.31 11/12 Linda Shallit, Burien WA 106.86% 2.31 11/12 Carol Cortez, Laredo TX 106.86% 4.39 13/14 Ruben Paet, Kapolei HI 106.23% 4.39 13/14 Judy Hansen, Eagan MN 106.23%

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North American Swiss Team action begins today McDonough, George Mittelman, Allan Waldemar Frukacz, Apolinary Kowalski Graves; 2. Jack Coleman, , 2005 1. Barry Rigal, Pam Granovetter, Joe Mark Itabashi, Gaylor Kasle, Quinn, Shawn Quinn, Becky Rogers, Renee 1987 1. Henry Bethe, Kitty Bethe, , Mancuso; 2. Dan Morse, Ira Hessel, Nagy ; 2. , Kamel, Greg Hinze Beverly Rosenberg, Stelios Touchtidis, 2006 1. Tony Kasday, , Jon Steve Cohen, Pan Wittes, Carol Pincus Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Bjarni 1988 1. John Zilic, David Siebert, , Einarsson, Sigurbjorn Haraldsson; 2. Sylvia Summers, Paul Munafo; 2. Rita Carolyn Lynch, Dennis Dawson, Eddie Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Joel Friedberg, Wold, Mike Passell, Larry Cohen, David Ethan Stein, Jerry Goldfein Berkowitz 1989 1. Eugene Gardner, Kenneth Meyer, Ed 2007 1. Larry Mori, Rick Kaye, Kazuo Furuta, Shapiro, Bruce Silverstein; 2. Joel Friedberg, Hiroki Yokoi, Kelley Hwang, Leonard The winners of last year’s North American Rita Rand, Ethan Stein, Gerald Caravelli, Melander; 2. William Watson, Ed Barlow, Swiss Teams were Berend Van Den Bos, Jerry Goldfein Bill Harker, Ronald Powell, Yul Inn, Rob Agnes Snellers, Wubbo De Boer and Joris van Lankveld. 1990 1‑2. Larry Mori, Kitty Bethe, Juanita Stevens Chambers, ; 1‑2. George 2008 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold, Play begins today in the six-session Keohane Rosenkranz, Miguel Reygadas, Gaylor Bart Bramley, Joe Grue, ; 2. North American Swiss Teams, with semifinal Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates, John , Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Ron matches on Saturday and the final matches on Grantham Zambonini, Waldemar Frukacz Sunday. 1991 1. Keith Wilson, Gary Peterson, Dennis 2009 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Andrew Players will be vying for the Keohane Trophy, Hesthaven, Ralph Letizia, Benton Wheeler; Gromov, Cezary Balicki, Aleksander donated by Ethel Keohane in 1973 in memory of her 2. Jack Coleman, Judi Radin, Fred Dubinin, Adam Zmudzinski; 2. Judith husband, William H. Keohane, one of the leading Hamilton, Dennis Sorensen, Mike Shuman Bianco, Justin Lall, Winthrop Allegaert, New England bridge personalities. 1992 1. Lewis Kaplan, Boris Baran, Geoff Hemant Lall, Jaggy Shivdisani, Lapt Chan Bill Keohane (1896–1972) was a consulting Hampson, Mark Molson, Mark Stein; 2. 2010 1. Mike Levine, Dennis McGarry, David engineer, bridge teacher and bridge administrator. Jack Coleman, Mike Shuman, Larry Cohen, Siebert, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis Clerkin, He served as chairman of the 1970 Summer NABC , Fred Hamilton Chuck Said; 2. Michal Kwiecien, Rafal in Boston and, for many years, was chairman of the 1993 1. Alan Le Bendig, Tom Clarke, Joe Quinn, Jagniewski, Krzysztof Martens, Krzysztof New England Individual Championship. Shawn Womack; 2. Lynn Blumenthal, Steve Jassem Keohane was elected in 1972 to a one-year term Bruno, Loren Hawkins, Darrell Keel, Sue 2011 1. Les Bart, Gloria Bart, Nader Hanna, Piotr as the first District Director of the newly created Lyski Klimowicz; 2. Justine Cushing, Jiang Gu, District 25 (New England). He died later that year, 1994 1. Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Meilh Ozdil, Xiaodong Shi, Jian-Jian Wang just before he was to attend his first Board meeting. Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein; 2. Barry 2012 1. , Apolinary Kowalski, The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Rigal, JoAnn Manfield, Alan Truscott, , Jacek Romanski, Anders Open Individual Championship until it was re- Dorothy Truscott Hagen, Lars Blakset; 2. Paul Fireman, Gavin designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors 1995 1. Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Wolpert, John Kranyak, , for the North American Swiss Teams. Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein; 2. Irina Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Vincent Demuy Previous winners and runners-up: Levitina, Judy Tucker, Benito Garozzo, Lea 2013 1. , John Mohan, Steve 1977 1. Neil Chambers, Jim Donaldson, Dupont, , Mike Ledeen Robinson, Peter Boyd, Carlos Pellegrini, Bruce Ferguson, Clarence Goppert, John 1996 1. Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Arnie Fisher, Diego Brenner; 2. Ron Zambonini, Jan Schermer; 2. Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, Steve Garner, Richard Colker; 2. John Jansma, John Valliant, Michael Polowan, John Herrmann, Ken Schutze Begley, Mike Lawrence, , Darren Wolpert, Shan Huang 1978 1. Barry Crane, Bob Kehoe, , Dan Morse, Hugh Ross 2014 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Cezary Charles Weed, Billy Cohen; 2. Ira Chorush, 1997 1. John Malley, Dan Colatosti, Bill Hunter, Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski, Garey Hayden; Thomas Peters, Ely Solomon, John Zilic, Shome Mukherjee; 2. Jacob Podbilevich, 2. Marcin Lesiewski, Jacek Kalita, Josef Virginia Zilic Gonzalo Herrera, Jim Looby, Cameron Blass, Piotr Tuczynski, Bartosz Chmurski, 1979 1. , R. Jay Becker, Paul Doner Ivaska, Jim Robison; 2. Gerald Caravelli, 1998 1. Steve Beatty, John Onstott, Bobby 2015 1. Stan Tulin, Kevin Dwyer, Alon Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Harvey Miller, Goldman, Mark Lair; 2. Jack Coleman, Birman, Dror Padon, Jacek Kalita, Michal Ken Schutze, Russell Shoup Chris Compton, Boris Baran, Mike Shuman, Nowosadzki; 2. Josef Blass, Marcin 1980 1‑2. Steve Becker, Philip Cowan, Rich Mark Molson Lesniewski, Piotr Tuczynski, Bartosz DeMartino, Judy Rich; 1‑2. Dale Beers, 1999 1. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Jeff Chmurski, Marc Jacobus, Mike Passell William Epperson, Dave Furman, Dave Wolfson, Neil Silverman; 2. Billy Miller, 2016 1. Mike Levine, Louk Verhees Jr., Cornelis Treitel Curtis Cheek, Brian Gunnell, Kyle Larsen Van Prooijen, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis 1981 1. Ron Beall, Bob Etter, Ann Jacobson, Bob 2000 1. Steven Cooper, Kitty Munson‑Cooper, Clerkin, Eddie Wold; 2. Stan Tulin, Kevin Thomson; 2. Lea duPont, Benito Garozzo, Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Dwyer, Alon Birman, Dror Padon, Michal Glenn Lublin, Claire Tornay Bloom, Steve Bloom; 2. Benito Garozzo, Nowosadzki, Jacek Kalita 1982 1. Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Garnet Lea Dupont, Steve Levinson, Barnet 2017 1. Agnes Snellers, Wubbo De Boer, Joris Snyder, Martha Beecher, David Ashley, Shenkin van Lankveld, Berend Van Den Bos; 2. Tim Dave Treadwell; 2. Andy Bernstein, Jim 2001 1. Richard Coren, , Larry Verbeek, Danny Molenaar, Bob Drijver, Bart Foster, Tom Sanders, John Sutherlin Cohen, Drew Casen; 2. Richard Haplerin, Nab, Patricia Cayne, Dano De Falco 1983 1. Sylvia Summers, Harve Waken, Robert Colin Revell, Leonard Ernst, Paul Erb, Radwin, Gene Simpson, Steve Sturm; 2‑3. George Pisk Philip Cowan, Michael Kapera, Alan Miller, 2002 1. Mark Gordon, Richard Zucker, Winthrop Use of the – John Heller, George Berger; 2‑3. Richard Allegaert, Jaggy Shivdasani, Mark Molson, Capps, John Onstott, Dan Requard, Syd Boris Baran; 2. Robert Hollman, Marc Alerts and Announcements When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires Levey Jacobus, Gaylor Kasle, Eric Greco, Geoff that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 1984 1. , Rhoda Walsh, Lea duPont, Hampson same time. Benito Garozzo; 2. William Laubenheimer, 2003 1. David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Greg Hinze, When making an Announcement, use the Stephen Kanzee, Marc Renson, Hamish Nagy Kamel; 2. Ron Feldman, B. Wayne Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap Bennett Stuart, Steve Cohen, Drew Casen, Larry the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts 1985 1. Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Jim Jacoby, Cohen, Wafik Abdou or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden; 2. Nadine 2004 1. Larry Mori, Venkatrao Koneru, Marty are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been Wood, Jonathan Steinberg, Eric Hochman, Fleisher, Vincent Demuy, Barnet Shenkin, made. Mike Cappelletti ; 2. Piotr Tuszynski, Jaroslaw 1986 1. Marc Jacobus, Joey Silver, Jim Piasecki, Farid Assemi, Eduard Wojewoda, Page 14 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin

“We’re delighted,” Massey said, explaining The looker-on sees most Mini-Blue Ribbon that Sands will be going over 6000 soon, so they continued from page 1 might not have another chance at a national title at of the game this level. The pair has been playing together for 18 By Barry Rigal years. “But we just started playing nationals the last When the spectator is Michael Rosenberg, you two years,” Sands said. can be sure that a few variations that did not actually Massey and Sands were third after Tuesday’s come to fruition may be mulled over. qualifying sessions and fourth after Wednesday’s Rosenberg was watching the Life Master Pairs semifinal. They moved back up to third in the first second final with the winners David Grainger and final session with a 54.5%, then made their move in Greg Hinze sitting North and South respectively. the last session with a 60%. Dlr: West ♠ K 10 9 3 They have a secret to their success. “We talk Vul: Both ♥ 6 5 bridge all the time,” Massey said, at least an hour ♦ A Q 10 9 4 after every game. “There’s always something more ♣ 5 3 to talk about and learn.” ♠ A 7 2 ♠ Q J 8 They’re also avid readers of the Bridge Bulletin ♥ 7 ♥ A Q 8 4 and especially enjoy practicing The Bidding Box ♦ J 8 6 5 2 ♦ K 3 problems. After completing a set, they’ll later try ♣ K 8 6 2 ♣ A Q 10 7 the same set of a problems from the other side. “That ♠ 6 5 4 helped a bunch,” Massey said. ♥ K J 10 9 3 2 ♦ 7 Runners-up in the 0-6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon ♣ J 9 4 Pairs: Mark Krusemeyer and Barry Margolin West North East South Pass Pass 1♣ 1♥ In addition, the following are prohibited: 2♣ Dbl 3NT All Pass FOR THE RECORD • Frivolous psychs that are not an attempt to be Grainger, North, saw his partner lead the ♠6: By Robb Gordon successful 2, king, 8. Perhaps a trifle intellectually he placed • Unsportsmanlike psychs by a pair not in declarer with 4–4–1–4 or 3–4–1-5, hence a singleton Psych! contention to aid or harm a pair in contention Benjamin Disraeli ♦K. So he laid down the ♦A and disappointedly • Risk-free psyches – bids that by agreement, famously said, “There shifted to his top heart. Declarer let it run, but prohibit partner from acting are three kinds of lies: missed his way later on and finished down one. • Overly frequent psychs that create an implied lies, damned lies, and Had declarer drawn the correct inference from agreement in a partnership. statistics.” In bridge we the play of the ♦A, he would have run the black While legal, it is frowned upon for an have a fourth kind – the suits, ending in this position: experienced or strong pair to psych against an psych, or . ♠ 10 inexperienced or weak pair. Such actions create bad Psyching in bridge ♥ 5 feelings and may cause an inexperienced pair to give is a gross distortion ♦ Q 10 up competitive bridge. It is also bad strategy, as the of one’s hand in the ♣ — stronger pair is giving up its natural advantage. bidding in an attempt to ♠ — ♠ — Because psyching is legal, there is little a fool the opponents. Of ♥ — ♥ A Q 8 director or recorder can do. However, if there is course, you are also distorting your hand for partner ♦ J 8 6 5 ♦ K reason to believe that the person who does this does and this isn’t without risk! ♣ — ♣ — so quite frequently, or if the person psyching appears Psychs were supposedly invented and named in ♠ — to be a much better player than his or her partner, it the early days of contract bridge by Dorothy Sims, ♥ K J 10 3 is a good idea to report the psych through a Player wife and partner of the great player, P. Hal Sims. In ♦ — Memo. those early days, psychs were much more common ♣ — Because ACBL-sanctioned clubs must operate than they are today. As bidding has become more The play of the ♦K catches South in a one-suit under the , a club may not scientific, the risk/reward of psyching has made squeeze. If South discards the ♥3, he is endplayed by bar psychic bids. However, clubs generally have the practice generally undesirable. Indeed, up until declarer leading a small one. If he unblocks the 10, broad latitude to discipline their players, including about 25 years ago, there was a place to indicate declarer leads the ♥Q and South wins, to be caught suspending or barring them. If a club manager feels on the whether you never, rarely, in the same . that a player is psyching so frequently as to be occasionally or frequently psyched. If that doesn’t keep you up at night, imagine a disruptive or is doing so in a predatory way against Psychs generate a lot of controversy and the heart suit of: newer players, that club manager would do well to Office of National Recorder is frequently contacted ♥ 8 5 warn, and then discipline, the disruptive player. in this regard, both to report a psych and to argue for ♥ 9 ♥ A Q 6 4 But remember, psychs are a part of the game. regulation and/or systematic monitoring. ♥ K J 10 7 3 2 When you are psyched against, often you will have Law 40 allows regulation of conventions. This Now at trick three, North must shift to the ♥5 to been handed a gift. Take advantage of it! avoid the squeeze. law also allows the Regulating Authority to restrict psychs only in conjunction with conventional calls. The ACBL prohibits psyching of artificial Masterpoint disclaimer opening bids and responses thereto. The ACBL also Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject prohibits psych “controls.” These are responses to change because of score changes or corrections. that allow the psycher to confirm whether he has The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also psyched. subject to change. Daily Bulletin Friday, November 30, 2018 Page 15

Today’s Sponsors When Gawrys smiles beloved as a teacher … strict, sometimes humorous By Jan van Cleeff When Dutch expert Marina Witvliet was Edward Kuperstein 1993–2003 and always insightful. She enjoys the successes kibitzing Pierre Zimmermann’s team on Monday Sponsored by Larry Denneau of her students, even if they outscore her (which Night in the Mitchell BAM, she experienced a Edward “Kup” is a rare occurrence) and is available to answer remarkable moment. As soon as Piotr Gawrys saw Kupperstein was a any questions. As a measure of their respect and dummy after his lead against 4♠, he was all smiles. beloved friend and affection, her students honor her with the Friday– However, nobody understood why. mentor. A child of the Saturday Knockout Teams. Please play and enjoy. “First time in my life I came across such a card Depression, Kup was Bridge is a game of logic. a quick-witted musical combination: Ace till two, the perfect sequence,” the prodigy who turned his Polish star explained. talents into passion for John Johnson Dlr: West ♠ A K Q 10 7 3 John Johnson Jr. was an classical music and all Vul: E–W ♥ Q avid bridge player who began things intellectual. ♦ J 8 4 playing bridge in clubs in As the station manager for the classical radio ♣ A J 8 Aiken SC and Augusta GA. He station KUAT in Tucson AZ, Kup mentored many ♠ 9 8 2 ♠ 6 5 4 played in multiple tournaments students and staff, allowing him to share his love for ♥ 9 5 ♥ K J 3 2 at all levels and achieved Life music and serving the community. Kup had a second ♦ K 7 3 ♦ A 10 9 6 5 Master rating in the late 1970s. passion for and would teach the game ♣ Q 10 6 4 2 ♣ 7 He quit playing for quite to any unsuspecting undergraduate who showed ♠ J a while but took up the game again when he retired interest. Fiercely fair and ethical, Kup used the game ♥ A 10 8 7 6 4 and moved to Hawaii. He played for many years of bridge to reflect his own outlook on life – take ♦ Q 2 at both the Elks Club and the Ala Wai Golf Club on challenges, play the game right, accept your ♣ K 9 5 3 and was happy to partner with others to help them victories and defeats humbly and enjoy the company I asked my friend Rob van den Bergh to do the in their quest to reach the Life Master rank. Bridge of friends and family. math. Such a combination occurs only once in 9462 was the center of his social world, and his children deals. When you play 200 boards a week, this layout wanted to honor his love of the game and the friends pops up approximately once every year. Iku Donnelly he played with by helping to sponsor a small portion Iku Donnelly is one of Postmortem: of the North American Bridge Championships when 1. 4♠ made 10 tricks. the outstanding female bridge the tournament returned to Hawaii. players in the state of Hawaii. 2. Apparently Piotr doesn’t play bridge enough. In 2014, she was a member of continued on page 16 the inaugural group inducted into the Hawaii Bridge Hall of fame. While these plaudits acknowledge her bridge playing skills, she is most

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Maui Day Saturday, December 1, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Susan Kobayashi Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Morning Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Mark Teaford Celebration of Life Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. Jean Luning Celebration of Life 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Jean Luning Celebration of Life 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 750. Saturday, December 1, Noon & 7 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 SF Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — Saturday, December 1, 1 p.m. Susan Kobayashi Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Saturday, December 1, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF TBA $25 — NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q TBA $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 John Sutherlin Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Iku Donnelly Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Saturday, December 1, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Saturday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. Blue Note Hawaii A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Blue Note Hawaii B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Susan Kobayashi Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 16 Friday, November 30, 2018 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events Susan Kobayashi Day Friday, November 30, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Karen Lanke Wednesday-Friday Morning Knockout Teams 3rd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Jannie Feeback Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Susan Kobayashi Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Mark Teaford Celebration of Life Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Friday, November 30, 10 a.m. Susan Kobayashi 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Susan Kobayashi 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Friday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. John Johnson Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Susan Kobayashi Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Rick Wall Thursday-Friday Daylight Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Friday, November 30, 1 p.m. Susan Kobayashi Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Friday, November 30, 1 & 4:30 p.m. 0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 1-2 F South Pacific, MPCC $17 — Friday, November 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $25 — Pre-registration required by 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 1, Tapa Tower $25 — Wally Young Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Susan Kobayashi Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Iku Donnelly Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Friday, November 30, 3 p.m. Susan Kobayashi Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $15 $19 Susan Kobayashi 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Susan Kobayashi 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Friday, November 30, 7:30 p.m. Susan Kobayashi Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Susan Kobayashi Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Edward R. Kupperstein 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Edward R. Kupperstein 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Friday, November 30, 11:45 p.m. Susan Kobayashi Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Sponsors continued for this tournament’s hospitality fund and she Susan Kobayashi Day arranged for us to hold our fourth Wednesday Unit Susan game in her beautiful condo when we lost our usual Kobayashi venue. is the Susan Kobayashi is a loving, kind, beautiful seventh of soul and we are grateful that she is part of our bridge 10 children community. born into a Thank you, Susan! Boston Irish Catholic Wally Young family. She first By Friends of Wally Young Wally Young has been discovered an integral part of duplicate bridge bridge in Honolulu since the at Regis early 1970s. He has a deep College in Weston MA but had very little time understanding of the game and to play after she moved to Hawaii to teach in his love and enthusiasm for 1968. Soon thereafter, she met and married Bert bridge are contagious. Wally Kobayashi. has taught several generations By 1975 Susan was teaching half time and of students and has had success in playing with them raising their growing family. Susan, Bert and their at sectional, regional and national events. three children have made major contributions to real He has been the club manager for Unit 470 estate development throughout the state of Hawaii for many years and he made sure that the regular through the Kobayashi Group. Wednesday game continued after Karen and Dick We in Honolulu Unit 470 are very lucky that Lanke retired. Wally has been a professional Susan decided to start playing on BBO while player and teacher since 2011. Most of all, Wally is recovering from a major illness in the early 2000s. appreciated for his good cheer, good humor and his She soon became addicted to the game and now willingness to help wherever help is needed. Thank plays whenever she can. Susan’s kindness and you, Wally. generosity seem to know no bounds. She donated items to our silent auction that raised almost $3000